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Talkback: Good things about February

On 21/02/2013 in forum

Oh, and Iris unguilaris is at its height though it can flower for ten months of the year. Pancake day has just been and I made 32 of them. The snowdrops are beautiful. The nights are stretching out. People are making plans for holidays and garden


Talkback: Algae in the garden

On 28/11/2011 in forum

are the above suggestions. The best solution I have seen for slippery wood was at Dewstow Gardens and Grottoes where there are wooden bridges over streams. They have stapled wire mesh over the wood which gives a firm grip even when it is pouring with rain and


Talkback: How to grow strawberries

On 24/07/2012 in forum

I'm new to both the website and the world of gardening so any advice would be really helpful. I'm planting stawberries in hanging baskets for a balcony (first floor in a high rise flat. Will I be able to use the plants next year.? I'm new on here


Talkback: Cup and saucer vine

On 28/11/2011 in forum

) in my tiny garden, and I bought a cobaea from my local car boot without knowing what it was. Since I planted it at the corner of the pergola it has galloped away and now covers half of one side. I am looking forward to seeing it flower. A question: can I


Talkback: Chelsea 2010: my verdict

On 23/05/2012 in forum

@woodlandtrust.org.uk ...inspired by Chelsea, I'd like to learn more about indoor plants. I have an east facing flat with no garden, only a small balcony. Can anyone advise where to start? I have bamboo but looking for something more colourful ... Many thanks. Fed up with all


Talkback: Garden birds in the snow

On 24/01/2013 in forum

this past week has been very icey, torville and dean would have loved it. I like the winter snow and all as long as we don't get a winter like the one we had a few years ago. This morning I have been checking out all my plants and pots on my balcony (I live


Talkback: How to earth up potaotes

On 22/05/2012 in forum

Any Update useful for Southwest France would be helpful, I've just subscribed to your magazine and it appears to be a little ahead here for planting although we get frost still Growing veg for the first time this year, as I have a flower garden


window boxes are a wash out this year

On 08/08/2012 in forum

I live in a flat with a balcony and love containers and window boxes   I grew everything from seed this year to cut the cost so it was months of work and I have to say looking today half way through August I've finally admittied to myself its now


Talkback: Growing cucumbers

On 16/07/2012 in forum

on gardening, as I write this it is pouring down again. Tomatoes I had in hanging baskets have got blight because of this weather, I wish now I had taken them into the greenhouse. The greenhouse tomatoes are doing really well though. It does seem so unfair


Talkback: Garden birds and garden pests

On 25/04/2012 in forum

been picking up all the dogs fur so they will have nice warm nests.Dave Oldchippy. Lovely picture of the Longtailed Tit above. I usually get some in my garden over the winter, it seems the colder the winter the more visits I get, unlike all the other


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